Wardrobe attachment for chairs



No. 751,151. PATENTED FER'Z, 1904.

' H. A. DODGE. WARDROBE ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1903. N0 MODEL.

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Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT GFFI E. I

HAROLD A. DODGE, OF NEWVARK, NEW JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Application filed May 8, 1903. Serial No. 156,195.

To all whom it rncty concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD A. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vardrobe Attachments for Chairs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to provide a chair with suitable attachments whereby'it may be adapted for a wardrobe-support when the attachments are properly adjusted or spread out and which attachments are of such construction that they may be folded out of the way when the chair is intended for ordinary use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of a chair with the wardrobe attachments applied thereto and showing the same in' folded position out of the way as when not in use. Fig. 2 is a front perspective view showing the wardrobe attachments spread out and adjusted for use, and Fig. 3 is a side view of a chair having the wardrobe attachments spread out and adjusted for use.

Referring to the drawings, 12 denotes a chair which may be of any ordinary or wellknown construction, and 13 denotes a bracket pivoted or hinged to .the back of the chair in such a manner that it may be folded down when not in use, as in Fig. 1, or may be raised or swung upward, as in Figs. 2 and 3, and when in such raised or elevated position may be held in place in any suitable manner, as by a turnbutton 1 1 or otherwise. The bracket 13 is preferably provided with a trousers-clamp 15 and with a coat and vest hanger 16.

Having suitable hinged connections with the chair, as by rods 17 and hooks 18, are two side frames 19, provided with any suitable number of cross-arms 20, adapted to serve as hangers or supports for various articles of underclothing. The side frames 19 may be of such a length as to rest upon the floor and are preferably provided with casters or rollers 21, which will facilitate their movements when they are to be swung outward to the operative positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3 or Letters Patent No. 751,151, dated February 2, 1904.

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when they are to be swung inward to their closed positions. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

From the foregoing it will be understood that the invention provides suitable attachments for a chair whereby the same is well fitted as a wardrobe-support, so that various articles of clothing may be neatly hung up and properly spread out, as is particularly desirable in warm weather when underclothing becomes more or less Wet with perspiration. The swinging bracket 13 and the side frames 19, as also the cross-arms attached thereto, may be either of wood or metal, as may be found most desirable, and will in practice preferablybe made partly of wood and partly of wire, although the invention is not to be understood as being limited to any particular materials for the construction of the various parts or to the details herein shown and described, the gist of the invention residing on the folding rear bracket and the folding side frames, Which=may be properly adjusted for use or may be folded in such position as not to be in the way when not in use.

-When the folding side frames 19 are swung out to their operative positions, as shown in Fig. 2, they will preferably extend rearward of the back of the chair and in such positions, resting as they do upon the floor, they will serve to brace the chair and prevent it from falling over backward under whatever load it may carry on the swinging bracket 13, and thus any danger that the chair may be tipped over backward under the weight of whatever clothing may be hung upon it or upon the swinging frames connected therewith will be avoided.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A wardrobe attachment for chairs consisting of the combination with the pivoted or hinged folding bracket 13 adapted for the back of a chair and having suitable supports for articles of clothing, of the folding side frames 19 adapted to rest on the floor and having suitable cross-arms or supports for articles of clothing, said side frames thus serving, when swung to their operative positions, rearward of a chair, to brace the chair and prevent it from falling over backward under any load which may be carried by said hinged folding bracket.

2. A wardrobe attachment for chairs consisting of the combination with the pivoted or hinged folding bracket 13 adapted for the back of a chair and provided with a trousersclamp anda coat and vest hanger, of the folding side frames 19 adapted to rest on the floor and having suitable cross-arms or supports for articles of clothing, said side frames thus serving, when swung to their operative positions, rearward of a chair, to brace the chair and prevent it from falling over backward under any load which may be carried by said hinged folding bracket.

3. A wardrobe attachment for chairs consisting of the combination with a bracket, as

presence of two witnesses.

HAROLD A. DODGE. Witnesses:

H. J. MILLER, H. A. KORNEMANN. 

